The Immoral Mr Teas Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Watching as I write Top of the Pops rerun on BBC4 from 15th July 1982. As UK old gits know well bands would fairly quickly record a session version of their current tune then mime over it for the performance. Watching Dexys perform Come On Eileen however it looks like the two violins are just playing over the prerecorded track - as in multi tracking, so there be four of them. The rest, including the deadened drums, looked business as usual. I could be wrong. Meanwhile it's been a good Halloween weekend evening on BBC radio tonight, with Kim Cattrall reading Rosemary's Baby followed by Peter Strickland's radio version of Nigel Kneale's The Stone Tape from last Halloween. Tomorrow has a repeat of last year's The Ring by Koji Suzuki. Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Cameron Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Yes, I've noticed the mime thing on TOTP episodes. My question: Did they actually record a version 'specifically' for that TOTP show? I figured many of the recordings they mimed to were actually perhaps..a John Peel session, their first actual studio recording, or other seminal first recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Rachel Cameron said: Yes, I've noticed the mime thing on TOTP episodes. My question: Did they actually record a version 'specifically' for that TOTP show? I figured many of the recordings they mimed to were actually perhaps..a John Peel session, their first actual studio recording, or other seminal first recordings. This answer is from my patchy memory of one of the fairly recent 'story of 1978 or thereabouts' shows so perhaps if we're lucky somebody's patchy memory from reality might yet supersede it ... I believe they were (legally?) required to record a version specifically for TOTP which would of course be used for subsequent TOTP appearances for the next few weeks if invited back. However it was suggested that very often previously recorded BBC tapes from eg Peel Sessions or alternate recordings from the bands found themselves as the 'new' recording, particularly for the many instances when the very short time available would make a full new tracking and mixing of a tune kind of unlikely. I got the impression that it would be the bands rather than the BBC who would instigate such mixes, using session multi tracks or previous multitrack elements. American tunes turned up far more frequently in their original version with the dance troupes (in place of expensive artist visits) or often primitive pre-MTV videos. It was an interesting tidbit of 1970s BBC legality when I heard it so if I come back across my source (on a fat-arse exercising increasingly common BBC4 repeats watching night...) I will let you know the title and details. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted November 3, 2016 Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 On right now, BBC4 tv, (available probably on the deep dark web to those outside the UK or those without a licence), "Television's Opening Night - How the Box was Born" a documentary on the 80th anniversary of the first broadcast from Alexandra Palace on 2 Nov 1936. I was expecting a little less from the meagre promos I'd seen beforehand but this is really worth a watch. In fact, something this good would have been promoted through the roof ten or more years ago. It's very 'Horizon' in presentation, but so far packing more content than the average H. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 So many versions to choose from but today it's this 1 (thanks JCC, EC56 and RT): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 Been many a decade since I've been to a party like the song sings about....., but I have been to a few back in the day. I dig the Dawes. Very talented IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Perhaps a counter point to my last: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim Gilchrist Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 The late Sharon Jones is on my radio today. I effen' hate cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Anderson Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Worked with her on Luke Cage. So talented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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old school Posted May 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 This is a band I've liked for a while now. Cayucas is a band and a Central Cosatal California town. In Studio Radio show performance. Love the simple sound. Less can be more. For me this band is just that. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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